Definition of Enantiomorphous

1.a. Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Definition of Enantiomorphous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic ¹

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Definition of Enantiomorphous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Enantiomorphous

1. Similar, but not superposable, i. E, related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; said of certain hemihedral crystals.
Origin: Gr. Opposite + form.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Enantiomorphous

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1.Mathematical Crystallography and the Theory of Groups of Movements by Harold Hilton (1903)"U ' is brought to U by a reflexion followed by a rotation ; hence : A figure may
be brought to coincidence with any enantiomorphous figure by a reflexion in ..."

2.Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1906)"This question involves the introduction of an enantiomorphous agency at some
period during the evolutionary development of living matter. ..."

3.A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)"It has been discovered that most substances crystallising in enantiomorphous
forms are endowed with optical activity, ie, the power of rotating the plane of ..."

4.The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1898)"Repeat the process with a crystal of laevo-tartaric acid, and the enantiomorphous
tetrahedron—the mirror-image of the former—is obtained. ..."

5.The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1908)"Partially racemic compounds}- In this case we are no longer dealing with
enantiomorphous forms, and the solubility of the two oppositely active ..."

6.Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)"The table of the 165 additional systems given by Barlow has this advantage, that
it distinguishes clearly the enantiomorphous systems from those which ..."

7.Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)"Resolution by Crystallization in enantiomorphous Forms. ... 167), and depends on
the deposition of the two enantiomorphous crystalline forms of the d- and ..."